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  • Sensing Emotions

    The impact of context on experience measurements

    Edited by Joyce Westerink, Martijn Krans, Martin Ouwerkerk ...
    Series series Computer Science (R0)
    The authors of this book analyze the influence of specific everyday life situations and contexts on the emotional state of people and the ways in which this can impact measurements of user experience. The book anticipates a future in which products and machines know how we feel and adapt to the feelings they sense (music systems that effectively enhance our current mood with a personalized choice ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

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  • On Growth and Form

    by D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson ...
    Series series Canto Classics
    Why do living things and physical phenomena take the form they do? D'Arcy Thompson's classic On Growth and Form looks at the way things grow and the shapes they take. Analysing biological processes in their mathematical and physical aspects, this historic work, first published in 1917, has also become renowned for the sheer poetry of its descriptions. A great scientist sensitive to the ... Read more

    $21.39 USD

  • Biomechanics of the Human Body

    by Luciano Fratin, Emico Okuno ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    Biomechanics of the Human Body teaches basic physics concepts using examples and problems based on the human body. The reader will also learn how the laws of mechanics may help to understand the conditions of the static and dynamic equilibrium of one of the marvels of nature: the human body.The mathematical language used in physics has always been pointed out as responsible for students’ ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology

    by Russell K. Hobbie, Bradley J. Roth ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    This classic text has been used in over 20 countries by advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students in biophysics, physiology, medical physics, neuroscience, and biomedical engineering. It bridges the gap between an introductory physics course and the application of physics to the life and biomedical sciences.Extensively revised and updated, the fifth edition incorporates new ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • The Human Respiratory System

    An Analysis of the Interplay between Anatomy, Structure, Breathing and Fractal Dynamics

    by Clara Mihaela Ionescu ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    The Human Respiratory System combines emerging ideas from biology and mathematics to show the reader how to produce models for the development of biomedical engineering applications associated with the lungs and airways. Mathematically mature but in its infancy as far as engineering uses are concerned, fractional calculus is the basis of the methods chosen for system analysis and modelling. This ... Read more

    $152.09 USD

  • Fundamentals of Biomechanics

    Equilibrium, Motion, and Deformation

    by Nihat Özkaya, Dawn Leger, David Goldsheyder, Margareta Nordin ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This textbook integrates the classic fields of mechanics—statics, dynamics, and strength of materials—using examples from biology and medicine. The book is excellent for teaching either undergraduates in biomedical engineering programs or health care professionals studying biomechanics at the graduate level. Extensively revised from a successful third edition, Fundamentals of Biomechanics features ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Physiological Aspects of Legged Terrestrial Locomotion

    The Motor and the Machine

    by Giovanni Cavagna ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book offers a succinct but comprehensive description of the mechanics of muscle contraction and legged terrestrial locomotion. It describes on the one hand how the fundamental properties of muscle tissue affect the mechanics of locomotion, and on the other, how the mechanics of locomotion modify the mechanism of muscle operation under different conditions.Further, the book reports on the ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Biofluid Mechanics

    An Introduction to Fluid Mechanics, Macrocirculation, and Microcirculation

    by David Rubenstein, Wei Yin, Mary D. Frame ...
    Series series Biomedical Engineering
    Biofluid Mechanics: An Introduction to Fluid Mechanics, Macrocirculation, and Microcirculation shows how fluid mechanics principles can be applied not only to blood circulation, but also to air flow through the lungs, joint lubrication, intraocular fluid movement, renal transport among other specialty circulations. This new second edition increases the breadth and depth of the original by ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • The Physics of Living Systems

    by Fabrizio Cleri ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    In this book, physics in its many aspects (thermodynamics, mechanics, electricity, fluid dynamics) is the guiding light on a fascinating journey through biological systems, providing ideas, examples and stimulating reflections for undergraduate physics, chemistry and life-science students, as well as for anyone interested in the frontiers between physics and biology.Rather than introducing a lot ... Read more

    $58.49 USD

  • Computational Fluid and Particle Dynamics in the Human Respiratory System

    by Jiyuan Tu, Kiao Inthavong, Goodarz Ahmadi ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    Traditional research methodologies in the human respiratory system have always been challenging due to their invasive nature. Recent advances in medical imaging and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) have accelerated this research. This book compiles and details recent advances in the modelling of the respiratory system for researchers, engineers, scientists, and health practitioners. It breaks ... Read more

    $161.09 USD

  • Physiology for Engineers

    Applying Engineering Methods to Physiological Systems

    by Michael Chappell, Stephen Payne ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book provides an introduction to qualitative and quantitative aspects of human physiology. It looks at biological and physiological processes and phenomena, including a selection of mathematical models, showing how physiological problems can be mathematically formulated and studied. It also illustrates how a wide range of engineering and physics topics, including electronics, fluid dynamics, ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Physics of the Human Body

    by Irving P. Herman ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    This book comprehensively addresses the physics and engineering aspects of human physiology by using and building on first-year college physics and mathematics. Topics include the mechanics of the static body and the body in motion, the mechanical properties of the body, muscles in the body, the energetics of body metabolism, fluid flow in the cardiovascular and respiratory systems, the acoustics ... Read more

    $89.09 USD